Maidenhair Fern
Scientific Name:Adiantum pedatum
Common Name Synonyms:Northern Maidenhair Fern


NOTES: Native to eastern North America and eastern Asia. Circular or horseshoe-like flat fronds on slender, erect stalks. Spread by rhizomes (horizontal underground stems). Deciduous.

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Maidenhair Fern
Genus species: Adiantum pedatum
Common Names: Maidenhair Fern
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Family Name: Pteridaceae  
Rhizome scaly; leaves 2-4 pinnate, the petiole with 1-several vascular bundles; rachis and costae dark brown and wiry; sporangia marginal in continuous or interrupted lines around edges of pinnules; covered by a false indusium; sporangia with annulus complete.
Seed Type: Gymnosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Fern
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:M. Becus

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